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Seven & i Holdings Co Ltd

  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    7-Eleven starts talks with ACT on $47bn takeover bid as ‘white knight’ emerges

    Japanese convenience store operator receives rival buyout offer from members of founding family

    A woman walks past a 7-Eleven sign in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 17 October, 2024
    Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc
    Couche-Tard chief dismisses Seven & i break-up plan and urges talks on $47bn deal

    Canadian company’s executives are in Tokyo to try to move buyout offer forward

    A 7-Eleven petrol pump in front of a convenience store and several parked cars
  • Thursday, 10 October, 2024
    7-Eleven owner plans split as it resists record $47bn buyout proposal

    Japanese retail conglomerate seeks to streamline its operations as it fends off bid from Alimentation Couche-Tard

    A pedestrian walks past the entrance of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Lex
    Couche-Tard’s pursuit will force 7-Eleven to mount a tougher defence Premium content

    Japan’s designation of Seven & i as a ‘core business’ means a deal will not be easy, but investors should benefit regardless

    A customer shopping in a 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
  • Wednesday, 9 October, 2024
    Seven & i shares jump after Couche-Tard says it is ready to pay $47bn

    Canadian company’s non-binding offer to owner of 7-Eleven chain is 20% higher than initial rejected approach

    A sign for a 7-Eleven convenience store against a blue sky in Tokyo
  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    Seven & i looks to bolster takeover defences with non-core asset sales

    Owner of 7-Eleven brand considers disposing of supermarket chain and selling stake in Seven Bank

    Customers leave a 7-Eleven store in Tokyo, Japan
  • Friday, 27 September, 2024
    News in-depthCorporate Person in the News
    Alain Bouchard, ‘pathological entrepreneur’ swooping on 7-Eleven

    Canadian retail entrepreneur has built a single shop into a 16,700-site global convenience store empire

    Alain Bouchard
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Big corporate predators bolster global M&A market

    String of recent megadeals includes $36bn acquisition by Mars and $20bn takeover by Verizon

    Some $2.3tn-worth of deals were announced in the first nine months of the year
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Behind the Money podcast19 min listen
    How a 7-Eleven takeover could reshape corporate Japan

    Companies in Japan have long avoided foreign acquisitions, but that could be changing

  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    7-Eleven owner taps Nomura to advise on takeover battle after rejecting $39bn offer

    Circle K parent Alimentation Couche-Tard says it is focused on securing deal with Seven & i

    A Circle K store next to a 7-Eleven in Hong Kong
  • Tuesday, 10 September, 2024
    US regulator signals doubts about proposed Circle K and 7-Eleven deal

    Merger of convenience store and petrol station chains would create one of the largest retail groups in America

    Circle K petrol station in Toronto
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Lex
    7-Eleven bid is the next stage in revitalising corporate Japan Premium content

    Size of potential takeover likely to spark antitrust concerns in both US and Japan but deal makes sense for Couche-Tard

    Two customers exit a 7-Eleven store in Kobe, Japan
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Circle K owner still wants ‘friendly’ 7-Eleven deal after $39bn offer rejected

    Shares in Seven & i rise on hopes of improved offer from Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard

    People walk past a 7-Eleven convenience store in New York
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    7-Eleven owner rejects $39bn cash offer from Couche-Tard

    Japanese company says Canadian rival ‘grossly undervalues’ group with proposal of close to $15 a share

    Circle K and 7-Eleven stores in Hong Kong
  • Thursday, 5 September, 2024
    7-Eleven owner set to reject Couche-Tard takeover offer

    Special committee reviewing the bid views the offer as insufficient and is concerned about regulatory risk

    The Seven & i Holdings logo is seen on the glass door of a 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo, Japan. Through the door, a person inside the store is visible, looking at their smartphone.
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    The takeover fight that could reshape Japan

    Couche-Tard’s approach to the owner of 7-Eleven could kick-start a wave of M&A activity in a country that has tended to avoid it

    Montage image of a $100 bill, a cityscape and the Seven & i logo
  • Saturday, 31 August, 2024
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    Seven & i shareholders set deadline for status briefing on takeover bid

    Artisan Partners want an update on negotiations after Couche-Tard’s unsolicited approach

  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    7-Eleven’s Japanese owner explores protected status to thwart foreign bid

    Internal talks on blocking takeover attempt by Canada’s Couche-Tard comes despite official moves to look at best value for investors

    A woman walks past a large Seven & i Holdings sign outside a 7-Eleven convenience store on a street in central Tokyo, with buildings and bicycles in the background.
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Private equity firms see opportunity in Canadian bid for 7-Eleven owner

    Groups look for ways to take part in deal for Japanese convenience store company

    A woman walks past a large Seven & i Holdings sign outside a 7-Eleven convenience store along a street in central Tokyo. The scene features a blurred motion of the woman, suggesting she is in a hurry, with bicycles and buildings in the background.
  • Tuesday, 20 August, 2024
    Canadian bid for 7-Eleven owner likely to face US antitrust scrutiny

    Tie-up between Couche-Tard and Japan’s Seven & i would create one of America’s largest retail chains

    A Circle K store
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    Canadian group targets 7-Eleven owner in Japan’s biggest foreign takeover approach

    Seven & i shares jump 22% after ‘friendly’ proposal from convenience store rival Couche-Tard

    A 7-Eleven store
  • Wednesday, 30 August, 2023
    Japanese business & finance
    Japanese department store workers to stage first strike since 1950s

    Seibu’s flagship store in Tokyo to close for one day in protest at planned sale to US investment fund

    Pedestrians walk past a Seibu department store in Tokyo, Japan
  • Thursday, 25 May, 2023
    LexInvestor activism
    Seven & i/ValueAct: Japan flips ‘closed’ sign towards activist Premium content

    Reforms suggested by low-profile US hedge fund fail to impress shareholders

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    7-Eleven Inc
    7-Eleven owner faces investor calls to split up

    Long-term US shareholder urges board revamp at Japan’s Seven & i to boost stock price and governance

    Signage for a 7-Eleven convenience store
  • Friday, 28 May, 2021
    John Gapper
    The convenience store can be a magical emporium

    Shoppers love them but online delivery and overworked employees threaten the 24-hour store’s future

    The 24-hour store was pioneered in America but perfected in Japan
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